Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples make up a big part of the U.S. population. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, plus an estimated 400 more that are unrecognized, ...
The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...
Despite overcoming adversity, there are Native American professionals who have excelled in corporate professions. But there are very few Native people who are in the public eye for thriving in ...
Every November, someone contacts me to present about Native Americans for Native American Heritage Month. In such presentations, I provide background about the month and why it matters. But I also ...
The US celebrates Native American Heritage Month annually in November. During this time, society comes together to recognize the traditions, culture, heritage, and journeys of Indigenous people. In ...
June 2 marked one century since then-President Calvin Coolidge signed a law granting American citizenship to Native Americans. Women had secured the right to vote four years earlier under the 19th ...
On June 2, 1924, Congress passed a law which granted citizenship — and the right to vote — to Native Americans. Has the U.S. has kept the promise of voting rights for Indigenous people? On June 2, ...
In 1928, a forty-one-year-old woman named Adeline Ovitt, née Rivers, drowned in the Schroon River, in upstate New York. The circumstances of her death are largely unknown, but she left behind a ...